Air maintenance tire and valve assembly and method05/07/15 - 20150122388 - An air maintenance tire assembly includes a tire having an elongate valve stem projecting outward from the tire cavity and a tire sidewall having an elongate sidewall groove formed therein and housing an elongate air tube. A connecting tube extends between the air tube and the valve stem, the connecting...

Valve stem-based pressure regulator system for an air maintenance tire and method05/07/15 - 20150122389 - An air maintenance tire assembly and method of operation includes a pressurized air supply assembly for supplying pressurized air to a tire cavity through an elongate outward projecting, valve stem passageway. An elongate centrally disposed shaft within the valve stem reciprocally moves axially in the valve stem internal air passageway...

Valve stem-based air maintenance tire and method05/07/15 - 20150122390 - A valve stem-based air maintenance tire assembly and method of operation is provided employing a tire mounted air pumping system, The assembly includes a rim-mounted pressure regulator positioned within a tire cavity opposite an inward end of a tire valve stem to selectively open and close pressurized air flow from...

Pneumatic tire comprising a hydraulic engine05/07/15 - 20150122391 - A pneumatic tire comprises a sidewall, an annular tire cavity, and a hydraulic actuator connected to the sidewall inside the annular tire cavity, wherein the hydraulic actuator has a flexible reservoir for containing a hydraulic fluid, and an opening allowing hydraulic fluid to enter the reservoir and to exit the...

Pneumatic tire04/16/15 - 20150101724 - The pneumatic tire of the present technology has an overlap splice portion joined by overlapping resin film sheet materials on each other, wherein at least one layer of two layers joined by overlapping the film sheet materials in the overlap splice portion has recessed portions of a depth that is...

Pneumatic tire04/16/15 - 20150101725 - A pneumatic tire of the present technology includes a surface on a tire cavity side of a film positioned on a tire cavity side in the overlap splice portion is formed with a recess so that a film thickness at the overlap splice portion becomes thinner than a film thickness...

Air maintenance tire and valve assembly04/02/15 - 20150090386 - An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a tire, an elongate substantially annular air passageway, an air inlet port assembly, a pair of substantially inline valves, a pair of outlet valves, and a high pressure shut-off valve. The tire has a tire cavity and first and second sidewalls extending...

Pneumatic tire03/26/15 - 20150083298 - A pneumatic tire in which an inner liner including a film mainly made of thermoplastic resin is attached to an inside of the tire via a tie rubber sheet, on an inner side of a carcass layer, and which has a lap-splice portion where end portions of the film in...

Compact valve system for self-inflating tire03/05/15 - 20150059949 - A tire having a tire cavity is disclosed, wherein the tire has a bi-directional pump assembly including a pump passageway having an inlet end and an outlet end, and being operative to allow a portion of the pump passageway near a tire footprint to substantially close and open the pump...

Compact valve system for self-inflating tire03/05/15 - 20150059950 - A tire having a tire cavity is disclosed, wherein the tire has a bi-directional pump assembly including a pump passageway having an inlet end and an outlet end, and being operative to allow a portion of the pump passageway near a tire footprint to substantially close and open the pump...

Compact valve system for self-inflating tire03/05/15 - 20150059951 - A tire having a tire cavity is disclosed, wherein the tire has a bi-directional pump assembly including a pump passageway having an inlet end and an outlet end, and being operative to allow a portion of the pump passageway near a tire footprint to substantially close and open the pump...

Filter assembly for air maintenance tire03/05/15 - 20150059952 - A tire assembly is disclosed, wherein the tire has a tread portion and a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from the tread portion to join with a respective bead; a supporting carcass for the tread portion and sidewalls; and a pump passageway positioned within a bending region of the...

Method of assembly of air maintenance tire system03/05/15 - 20150059953 - A tire assembly is disclosed, wherein the tire has a tread portion and a pair of sidewalls extending radially inward from the tread portion to join with a respective bead; a supporting carcass for the tread portion and sidewalls; and a pump passageway positioned within a bending region of the...

Valve assembly for air maintenance tire02/12/15 - 20150041035 - An air maintenance tire and air pump assembly includes a sidewall and a tire cavity for maintaining pressure; an elongate tubular air passageway enclosed within a flexing region of the sidewall, air passageway, the air passageway operably closing segment by segment in reaction to induced forces from the tire flexing...

Air maintenance tire and valve assembly02/12/15 - 20150041036 - An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity, first and second sidewalls extending from first and second tire bead regions, respectively, to a tire tread region, an elongate substantially annular air passageway enclosed within a bending region of the sidewalls, the air passageway operatively...

Support and insert for attaching a module to a tyre wall12/25/14 - 20140373991 - An attachment support, which is designed for attaching a module to a wall (101) of a tyre (100), includes a substantially flexible body (11) of substantially elongate shape. The body (11) includes a connecting surface (26) capable of being placed substantially permanently against an internal wall (101) of the tyre...

Distributed cavity air pumping assembly and method for a tire12/11/14 - 20140360643 - A tire assembly and method includes one or more elongate air passageway formed within a tire component, such as a tire sidewall. The air passageway is configured as a series or string of elongate cavities, adjacent cavities connected end to end by an elongate connecting channel. The connecting channel is...

Tire with outer groove containing bonded tube09/18/14 - 20140261943 - The invention relates generally to a pneumatic rubber tire which contains an outer, annular, circular groove which contains a flexible tube bonded to the walls of the groove....

Production method of pneumatic tire and pneumatic tire08/21/14 - 20140230984 - An object of the present invention is to provide a production method of a pneumatic tire in which a generation of a tread groove crack is prevented while maintaining productivity and tire performance, and a pneumatic tire produced by this production method. The production method of a pneumatic tire having...

Air maintenance tire08/07/14 - 20140216621 - The present invention is directed to an air maintenance tire and pump assembly comprising: a tire having two spaced inextensible beads; a ground contacting tread portion; a pair of individual sidewalls extending radially inward from the axial outer edges of said tread portion to join the respective beads; a supporting...

Water based rubber cement and tire with fabricated tread07/24/14 - 20140202607 - The invention relates to a water based rubber cement and tire with fabricated tread where the tire tread is fabricated by joining ends of an uncured rubber strip containing a high content of hydrophobated precipitated silica content with a water based cement containing a diene-based elastomer and a component reactive...

Rubber cement and tire with fabricated tire tread07/24/14 - 20140202608 - The invention relates to a rubber cement, fabricated tire tread and resulting tire, where the tire tread is fabricated by joining ends of an uncured rubber strip together with a silica coupler-containing rubber cement between opposing ends of the uncured tread rubber strip where the rubber strip contains a high...

Compact valve system for self-inflating tire06/26/14 - 20140174619 - A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air passageway in the tire that is operable to be sequentially flattened by the tire footprint in a direction opposite to a tire direction of rotation to pump air from an inlet device through the passageway to an outlet device for direction into the...

Compact valve system for self-inflating tire06/26/14 - 20140174620 - A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air passageway in the tire that is operable to be sequentially flattened by the tire footprint in a direction opposite to a tire direction of rotation to pump air from a valve device through the passageway to an outlet device for direction into the...

Pneumatic tire with built in fastener system06/26/14 - 20140174621 - A pneumatic tire assembly includes a pneumatic tire having an inner cavity and an inner surface at least partially defining the inner cavity, a rigid structure for facilitating operation of the tire assembly, and a threaded receptacle for securing the rigid structure to the inner surface of the inner cavity....

Compact valve system for self-inflating tire06/26/14 - 20140174622 - A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air passageway in the tire that is operable to be sequentially flattened by the tire footprint in a direction opposite to a tire direction of rotation to pump air from an inlet device through the passageway to an outlet device for direction into the...

Peristaltic pump air maintenance tire06/19/14 - 20140166174 - The invention relates generally to air maintenance tires and, more specifically, to a pump mechanism for supplying air into such tires....

Rubber composition06/19/14 - 20140166175 - Provided are a rubber composition suitable for cushion rubbers of retreaded tires in which tread rubbers of tires such as truck and bus tires (TBR) and aircraft tires are replaced for reuse, and a rubber composition which is suitable for adhesion carried out by interposing the rubber composition between vulcanized...

Air maintenance pneumatic tire06/12/14 - 20140158266 - The present invention is directed to a pneumatic tire with an elongate substantially annular air passageway enclosed within a bending region of the tire and extending substantially in a circumferential direction, wherein upon rolling of the tire air is pressed through the air passageway and a valve assembly in air...

Air maintenance pumping assembly and tire06/12/14 - 20140158267 - A tire assembly includes a tire having a pneumatic cavity, first and second sidewalls, a sidewall groove, an air passageway, and a pressure regulator mounted to an inner surface of the pneumatic tire cavity. The pressure regulator controls air pressure within the pneumatic tire cavity. The first and second sidewalls...

Pump and actuator assembly for a self-inflating tire06/05/14 - 20140150945 - A system includes a tire having a tire cavity, first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire beads to a common tire tread, and a compression actuator means mounted to the tire within the tire cavity for delivering air to the tire cavity. The compression actuator means...

Laminated body of rubber layers06/05/14 - 20140150946 - A laminated body of rubber layers includes: a resin layer formed from a polyester resin or a polyamide resin; a rubber layer formed from a rubber composition containing a diene rubber; and an adhesive layer disposed between the resin layer and the rubber layer. The adhesive rubber composition contains a...

Method for producing pneumatic tire, and pneumatic tire05/29/14 - 20140144563 - wherein To (° C.) represents the temperature of the outside surface of the tread region in the vulcanizing step, So (° C.) represents the temperature of the outside surface of the side wall regions in the step, and Ti (° C.) represents the temperature of the inside surface of the...

Self-inflating tire04/24/14 - 20140110030 - A self-inflating inner tube with a pumping mechanism is provided. The self-inflating inner tube employs a non-elastic band that constrains the tube from expanding completely within the tire-rim cavity thereby creating a low pressure zone. The pumping mechanism is placed in the low pressure zone and compresses as load is...

Self-inflating tire04/17/14 - 20140102610 - A self-inflating tire assembly includes an air tube connected to a tire and defining an air passageway, the air tube being composed of a flexible material operative to allow an air tube segment opposite a tire footprint to flatten, closing the passageway, and resiliently unflatten into an original configuration. The...

Pneumatic tire04/03/14 - 20140090763 - Provided is a pneumatic tire including an inner liner disposed inwardly in the tire relative to a carcass ply bridged between a pair of bead portions. The inner liner is formed of a first layer disposed inwardly in the tire and a second layer disposed to be in contact with...

Rubber composition for side wall and pneumatic tire04/03/14 - 20140090764 - The present invention provides a rubber composition for a sidewall, which improves fuel economy, handling stability, tensile strength at break, elongation at break, and processability in a balanced manner, and which can also suppress the occurrence of broken spews during demolding of a resulting tire; and a pneumatic tire formed...

Inner tube03/27/14 - 20140083587 - The invention relates to a tyre (1) for mounting on a running wheel, a rim or a guide which is circular, oval, ellipsoid or rounded in some other way and is not continuous but rather has at least two ends. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing a...

Assembly of pneumatic tire and rim02/06/14 - 20140034204 - In an assembly of a pneumatic tire and a rim, in which a tire cavity is formed between the pneumatic tire and the rim by mounting the pneumatic tire on the rim, a noise suppressing body extending in a circumferential direction is disposed inside the tire cavity. The noise suppressing...

Adhesive bonding for a pneumatic tire01/30/14 - 20140027030 - A pneumatic tire assembly includes a tire having a pneumatic cavity, first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region with the first sidewall having at least one bending region operatively bending when radially within a rolling tire footprint, a rigid...

Filter for a pneumatic tire01/30/14 - 20140027031 - A pneumatic tire assembly includes a tire, a filter element disposed between a pneumatic cavity and atmosphere. The filter element has threads for securing to the pneumatic tire. First and second sidewalls extend respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region. The first sidewall has...

Bonding to a pneumatic tire01/30/14 - 20140027032 - A pneumatic tire assembly includes: a tire having a pneumatic cavity; a rigid structure for facilitating operation of the tire assembly, the rigid structure being bonded to the tire by a layered thermoplastic material such that a stiffness gradient is created between the structure and the tire; first and second...

Attachment for a pneumatic tire01/30/14 - 20140027033 - An air-maintenance tire system includes: a tire having a tire carcass comprising a tire cavity defined by a tire inner liner and first and second sidewalls extending respectively from first and second tire bead regions to a tire tread region; compression actuator means mounted to the tire carcass and configured...

Bypass air maintenance tire and pump assembly01/23/14 - 20140020805 - An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a pair of inline valves are positioned on respective opposite sides of an in-tire air passageway inlet junction and a pair of outlet valves positioned at a downstream side of a respective inline valve. A bypass valve is further provided extending between...

Pneumatic tire01/23/14 - 20140020806 - A pneumatic tire provided with a noise damper in the tire cavity, which can maintain high-speed durability and productivity while also reducing cavity resonance, comprising a tread having a width TW in contact with the ground during travel, in which a noise damper made of a sound-absorbing material is attached...

Pneumatic tire and method for producing same01/16/14 - 20140014248 - A method for producing a pneumatic tire in which a noise damper in the form of at least one continuous ribbon for reducing cavity resonance in a tire cavity is provided on the internal surface of a tire on the inside in the radial direction of the tire corresponding to...

Tire01/09/14 - 20140007999 - The present invention is concerned with a tire including a tire casing having a rolling resistance coefficient according to the coastdown method of JIS D4234 of not exceeding 4.0, in which both low rolling resistance and durability of the tire can be made compatible with each other....

Reversible air maintenance tire and pump assembly01/02/14 - 20140000778 - An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes an elongate annular air passageway enclosed within a bending region of a tire, the air passageway operatively closing and opening segment by segment as the bending region of the tire passes through a rolling tire footprint to pump air along the air...

Outer bead lock wheel12/26/13 - 20130340908 - The outer bead lock wheel of the present disclosure provides for wheel and tire flexibility between off-road vehicle capability and on-road vehicle capability by securing the tire to the wheel regardless of the change in tire pressure. The outer bead lock wheel of the present disclosure includes a wheel base...

Tire12/05/13 - 20130319592 - A tire which is formed of a resin material, is highly elastic, has a low loss factor, and has excellent heat resistance and fracture characteristics. A tire 10 has a circular tire case 17 that is formed of a resin material including a polystyrene-based resin and a resin having compatibility...

Peristaltic tube air maintenance tire assembly and method11/14/13 - 20130299055 - An elongate air tube is positioned within a tire sidewall cavity in contacting internal engagement with the tire sidewall to form an assembly. The air tube includes an internal elongate air passageway and wing projections projecting in opposite directions at an axially inward body portion. The wing projections seat within...

Pneumatic tire10/17/13 - 20130269850 - A pneumatic tire includes an inner liner layer formed from a laminate sheet obtained by laminating: a sheet made from a thermoplastic resin or a thermoplastic resin composition which is a blend of the thermoplastic resin and an elastomer; and a rubber bonded by curing to the thermoplastic resin or...

Pneumatic tire manufacturing method and pneumatic tire09/26/13 - 20130248071 - A pneumatic tire manufactured by a method comprising: covering the engagement element groups on first sides of a two-side fasteners with a protective rubber layer made of an uncured rubber; making a cylindrical first formed body on a making drum, with the two-side fasteners covered with the protective rubber layer...

Tire09/05/13 - 20130228260 - An object of the present invention is to provide a tire allowing a marking formed on an outer surface of a side portion thereof to fully demonstrate good visibility for a long period by preventing the marking being cracked and a marking portion from coming off when the tire experiences...

Method for repairing radial tire, repaired radial tire, and patch rubber08/29/13 - 20130220503 - The method according to the present invention for repairing a radial tire (1) includes a step of attaching a patch rubber (10), in which a plurality of reinforcing elements (11) are arranged in parallel and covered with rubber, from the inner side of the tire to a damaged portion (7)...

Pneumatic tire08/29/13 - 20130220504 - In a tire according to the present invention, the shape of the outermost reinforcing layer in the tire radial direction is optimized....

Tire inner tube08/22/13 - 20130213544 - A tire inner tube primarily includes an inner tube body being a hose having two closed ends and a charging air inlet being positioned at an inner side of the inner tube body, wherein the closed ends of the inner tube body are configured to be removably combined and form...

Tire, and tire manufacturing method08/15/13 - 20130206301 - Provided is a tire having at least a circular tire frame formed of a thermoplastic resin material, the tire including a reinforcing cord member that forms a reinforcing cord layer on the outer circumference of the tire frame, and the thermoplastic resin material including at least a polyamide-based thermoplastic elastomer....

Tire surface printing method and tire printing device07/25/13 - 20130186537 - A tire printing device includes a printer head (2), positioned near a rotating tire (1), that ejects and applies coating material, an unevenness detection sensor (3) that detects a predetermined raised/recessed character on the surface of the rotating tire (1) and a PC (10) that sets the origin of rotation...

Pneumatic tire07/11/13 - 20130174953 - A pneumatic tire in which an inner liner including a film mainly made of thermoplastic resin is attached to an inside of the tire via a tie rubber sheet, on an inner side of a carcass layer, and which has a lap-splice portion where end portions of the film in...

Tire provided with information acquisition device07/04/13 - 20130167999 - An information acquisition device is provided within a virtual plane including a coil axis of a coil-shaped antenna and having a perpendicular line orthogonal to an axis of rotation of a tire, such that the angle formed by the coil axis of the antenna relative to the tire rotational axis...

Sidewall for tire06/27/13 - 20130160910 - The invention relates to a tire sidewall, at least one portion of which has a rubber composition based on at least a diene elastomer, a crosslinking system and a reinforcing filler, wherein the content of reinforcing filler in the composition varies from 20 to 40 parts by weight per hundred...

Thermoplastic resin composition and tire using same06/13/13 - 20130146194 - Provided is a thermoplastic resin composition for the inner liner of pneumatic tires, which has low air permeability and a small percent change in air permeability from fatigue. A thermoplastic resin composition obtained by dispersing a modified rubber having an acid anhydride group or an epoxy group into a polyamide...